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I GIRTH BUCKLE FOB, HARNESS. No. 304,261. Patented Au 26, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. CLARK AND GEORGE SCOTT, OF GROTON, VERMONT; SAID SCOTT ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO TIMOTHY \VELCH,

OF SAME PLACE.

GlRTH-BUCKLE FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304:,261, dated August 26, 1884-.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN F. CLARK and GEORGE SCOTT, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Groton, in the county of Caledonia and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Girth-Buckles for Harnesses; and We do hereby declare that the following isafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which 'will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawharness where two girths are used,for the pur- I pose of dispensing with one of these girths, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes a portion of the girth of a harness. B is the pad-billet, and C is the shaft-lug billet. Our

improved buckle consists of a short buckleframe, D, having a cross-bar, E, and tongue 0, and alonger frame, F, having cross-bar G and tongue 9. The longer frame F is hinged or pivoted at H in the ends of the side bars of the shorter buckle D, the hinged ends of the side bars of the longer buckle F being curved, as shown at I, to permit the buckleframe F to lie flat against the strap which passes through the short buckle D underneathit.

The use of our improved buckle will be understood at a glance by reference to the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, and further explanation is therefore unnecessary.

We claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. The duplex buckle consisting of the short frame D, having cross-bar E and tongue e, in combination with the longer frame F, having cross-bar G and tongue 9, hinged to frame D at H, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The duplex buckle, consisting of the short frame D, having cross-bar E and tongue 6, and longer frame F, having cross-barG and tongue 9, the side bars of the longer frame being curved, as shown, and hinged to the ends of the side bars of the shorter frame, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. CLARK. GEORGE SCOTT.

Vitnesscs:

JONATHAN B, DARLING, SETH N. EASTMAN. 

